You're reading from Learn Blender Simulations the Right Way Create attractive and realistic animations with Mantaflow, rigid and soft bodies, and Dynamic Paint

Product type Paperback

Published in Nov 2022

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781803234151

Length 368 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

Blender

Concepts

Animation

Author (1):

Stephen Pearson

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Table of Contents (21) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1: Using Mantaflow for Fire, Smoke, and Fluids

2. Chapter 1: An Introduction to Mantaflow FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Understanding Domains, Flows, and Effectors

4. Chapter 3: Creating a Realistic Campfire Simulation

5. Chapter 4: Creating a Waterfall Using Mantaflow

6. Chapter 5: Creating a Realistic Explosion

7. Part 2: Simulating Physics with Soft Bodies and Cloth

8. Chapter 6: Getting Started with Soft Bodies

9. Chapter 7: Creating a Soft Body Obstacle Course

10. Chapter 8: Introduction to Cloth Simulations

11. Chapter 9: Creating a Realistic Flag

12. Part 3: Diving into Rigid Bodies

13. Chapter 10: An Introduction to Rigid Bodies

14. Chapter 11: Creating a Rigid Body Physics Course

15. Part 4: Understanding Dynamic Paint in Blender

16. Chapter 12: Introduction to Dynamic Paint

17. Chapter 13: Creating a Paintbrush Effect

18. Chapter 14: Creating a Raindrop Effect

19. Index

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Creating the simulation

The first thing to do is to download the Obstacle Course Setup.blend file. This includes a basic obstacle course scene, lighting, and materials already in place. Feel free to change or add any more obstacles you would like the sphere to go through!

Once you have downloaded the file, open it up and get familiar with the scene and all the objects in it. There are a total of 17 objects, and each of them is named so it’s easy to follow along. You can view the name of each object by looking at the Outliner in the top-right corner. Be sure to look at the Outliner throughout the chapter so you know what objects to select and work on.

Figure 7.1 – Outliner

Once you are familiar with the scene and all the objects in it, let’s start working on creating the simulation! Let’s start at the very top and work our way down the objects. Be sure to constantly restart and play the simulation while we are working on it...